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Month: October 2019
9:02 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The UFC’s middleweight unification bout between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya is official for UFC 243 on Saturday, after both fighters successfully made weight on Friday. Whittaker (20-4), the 185-pound division’s current champion, weighed in at 185 pounds. Adesanya (17-0), the interim titleholder, clearly had no trouble making weight,
Juventus bought Cristiano Ronaldo to improve their chances of winning the Champions League, so when they were knocked out by Ajax, many considered his first season with the Bianconeri to be a failure. However, since joining Juventus, his general performances have been far better than those in his final couple of years at Real Madrid, even if
7:59 PM ET The NFL has informed Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict that he hit another defenseless Indianapolis Colts player in Sunday’s game, agent Lamont Smith told ESPN’s Josina Anderson. Smith said Burfict was notified by letter Thursday about the unflagged hit, three days after the league suspended him for the remainder of the season
7:48 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Marcell Dareus was cited for marijuana possession following an early Wednesday morning traffic stop, according to WJXT TV-4 in Jacksonville. Atlantic Beach police pulled Dareus over for speeding just before 2 a.m. Wednesday and an officer noticed a strong scent of marijuana coming from the
8:04 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Cheyenne Knight took a share of the lead into the weekend in her home LPGA Tour event. A two-time Texas state high school champion at Aledo, just west of Fort Worth, Knight shot a 4-under 67 on Friday to join Alena Sharp and Brittany Altomare atop
7:37 PM ET Washington State defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys has resigned, head coach Mike Leach announced Friday. Linebackers coach Roc Bellantoni and cornerbacks coach Darcel McBath will take over as interim co-defensive coordinators. “We appreciate Tracy’s efforts the past year and a half and wish him the best going forward,” said Leach. The Cougars (3-2,
7:05 PM ET HOUSTON — Astros ace Justin Verlander continued to move up the all-time postseason charts during a dominant seven-inning outing Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of their American League Division Series matchup. Verlander blanked the Rays over seven innings, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out
7:03 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green admits that after a summer full of transition and roster turnover, the first week of training camp has been ‘different’ as the proud organization tries to find a new rhythm without key pieces such as Kevin Durant and veterans Andre Iguodala and Shaun
9:06 AM ET Steve KimESPN Middleweight Sergiy Derevyanchenko came awfully close to winning his first word title a year ago, but suffered a split decision loss to Daniel Jacobs. Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KOs) gets a second opportunity when he faces Gennady Golovkin for the vacant IBF world title in what is by far the most